South Shore Hospital Chemical Dependency

Types of Care:

• inpatient detoxification
• residential addiction treatment
• inpatient treatment for dual diagnosis

Service Settings:

• inpatient hospital rehab
• hospital inpatient detoxification
• inpatient hospital addiction treatment

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Methadone treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Does not use medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

• methadone detoxification

Pharmacotherapies:

• Methadone
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• DBT
• relapse prevention treatment
• counseling for substance abuse
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority
• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Military insurance
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash
• Accepts state health insurance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential rehab for adult women
• in-patient rehab for adult men
• LGBT rehab
• rehab for vets
• co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
• HIV/AIDS clients
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma
• people with co-occurring pain plus substance use

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• case managers
• social skills training
• help with transportation

Other Addictions Treatment:

• treatment for non-substance use addiction disorder

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detoxification
• cocaine detox
• inpatient opioid detox

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• substance use education
• health education services

Medical Services:

• Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult rehab
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

• rehab center for women
• rehab center for men

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available